representing social others
This research integrates computational methods with memory and evaluation processes to examine how individuals and groups represent others. It focuses on the flexibility or rigidity of category representations—shaped by time, learning, context, institutions, and politics—their origins, and their role in reinforcing oppression or driving social change.
publications
pre
print
mental representations of immigrants encode racialized expectations of sociostructural positions
psyarxiv
martinez, j.e., oh, d., todorov, a.
| preregistration |
2024
immigration documentation statuses evoke racialized faceism in mental representations
scientific reports
martinez, j.e., oh, d., todorov, a.
| preregistration | preprint | data |
2023
mapping varied mental representations: the case of representing illegalized immigrants
social cognition
martinez, j.e., todorov, a.
| preprint | data |
2021
the group extremity effect: group ratings of negatively and positively evaluated groups of faces are more extreme than average ratings of their members
journal of experimental social psychology
verosky, s., tyack., l., martinez, j.e.
2021
narratives shape cognitive representations of immigrants and policy preferences
psychological science
martinez, j.e., feldman, l.a., feldman, m.j., cikara, m.
| preregistration | preprint | data |
2018
robust effects of affective person learning on evaluation of faces
.journal of personality and social psychology
verosky, s.c., porter, j., martinez, j.e., todorov, a.
2017
social-cognitive representational spaces: ontology and consequences
master thesis
martinez, j.e.
2016
knowledge of social affiliations biases economic decisions
plos one
martinez j.e., mack m.l., gelman b.d., preston a.r.
media coverage
2020
stories of immigrant achievement could combat xenophobia
princeton insights
2017
showcasing immigrant excellence
scientific american
martinez, j.e., feldman, l.a., cikara, m.
works in progress
legality is not enough: narratives about documentation status shape immigrant representations and policy preferences
williams, g., martinez, j.e., cikara, m.
social group discovery, structure, and stereotype updating
martinez, j.e., krasner, r., rosero, l., gershman, s., cikara, m.
(inter)subjectivity & theory-making
This research develops methods to quantify disagreements and shared understandings of controversial issues across contexts, guiding them in anti-oppressive directions. It also examines how these methods in turn (re)shape psychological theory.
publications
2024
analytic racecraft: race-based averages create illusory group differences in perceptions of racism
journal of experimental psychology: general
martinez, j.e.,
| preregistration | preprint | data | reanalsysis
2024
determinants of shared and idiosyncratic contributions to judgments of faces
journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance
albohn, d., martinez, j.e., todorov, a..
| preregistration | data |
2024
disrupting racism and global exclusion in academic publishing: recommendations and resources for authors, reviewers, and editors
collabra
Ledgerwood, A., Lawson, K. M., Kraus, M. W., Vollhardt, J. R., Adetula, A., Leach, C. W., Martinez, J.E., Naumann, L. P., Remedios, J. D., Tate, C., Todd, A. R., Uskul, A. K., Westberg, D. W., González, R., Montilla Doble, L. J., Reddy, G., Romero-Canyas, R., Weltzien, K., Westgate, E., Zou, L. X.
2023
facecraft: reification of race in psychological research with faces
perspectives on psychological science
martinez, j.e.
| vSS website |
2022
moving beyond social categories by incorporating context more deeply in social psychological theory
nature reviews psychology
cikara, m., martinez, j.e., lewis, n. jr.
2020
quantifying idiosyncratic and shared contributions to judgment
behavior research methods
martinez, j.e., funk, f, todorov, a.
| preprint | data | rating simulator |
2018
a pragmatist philosophy of psychological science and its implications for replication
behavioral and brain sciences
gantman, a., gomila, r., martinez, j.e., matias, j.n., paluck, e.l., starck, j., wu, s., yaffe, n.
media coverage
works in progress
stable judge x case interactions contribute greatly to sentencing disparities
martinez, j.e., uddenberg, s., gandhi, l., labbree, b., todorov, a., kahneman, d.
meaningful “noise”: comparative judgments contain stable idiosyncratic contributions
martinez, j.e., labbree, b., uddenberg, s., todorov, a.
queer sexual health
This research examines social barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake, focusing on stereotypes of men who take PrEP and how different socio-medical understandings of the medication influence collective sexual health regulation.
publications
2025
framing hiv pre-exposure prophylaxis as a private or public matter
aids prevention and education
martinez, j.e., jonas, k.j.
| preprint |
2021
bridging the sero-divide: attitudes of PrEP users towards sex partners living with hiv
aids care
van dijk, m., de wit, j.b.f., guadamuz, t., martinez, j.e., jonas, k.j.
| preprint|
2021
quality of sex life and perceived sexual pleasure of informal PrEP users in the netherlands
journal of sex research
van dijk, m., de wit, j.b.f., guadamuz, t., martinez, j.e., jonas, k.j.
| preprint |
2021
slow uptake of PrEP: behavioral predictors and the influence of price on PrEP uptake among msm with a high interest in PrEP
aids & behavior
van dijk, m., de wit, j.b.f., guadamuz, t., martinez, j.e., jonas, k.j.
| preprint |
2020
socio-sexual experiences of early PrEP adopters outside formal healthcare in the netherlands
aids & behavior
van dijk, m., kamps, r., de wit, j.b.f., guadamuz, t., martinez, j.e., jonas, k.j.
2020
social judgments of sexual behavior and use of hiv pre-exposure prophylaxis
social cognition
martinez, j.e., jonas, k.j.
| preprint | data |
2019
pre-exposure prophylaxis sorting among men who have sex with men
aids care
martinez, j.e., jonas, k.j.
| data |
media coverage
works in progress
harnessing social psychological insights for the advancement of hiv pre-exposure prophylaxis
martinez, j.e., jonas, k.j.
other areas
in my prior role as a lab manager, i was able to study the development of visual and executive cognition.
publications
2018
control engagement during sentence and inhibition fMRI tasks in children with reading difficulties
cerebral cortex
roe, m.a., martinez, j.e., mumford, j.a., taylor w.p., cirino, p.t., fletcher, j.m., juranek, j.j., church, j.a.
2018
perceptual biases during cued task switching relate to decision process differences between children and adults
journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance
martinez, j.e., mack, m.l., bauer, j-r., roe, m.a., church, j.a.
| preprint | data |
2017
consistent performance differences despite manipulation of cue switching variables in children and adults
frontiers in psychology
bauer, j-r.*, martinez, j.e.*, roe, m.a., church, j.a.
* equal authors
| data |